Oil prices and the fiscal policy response in oil-exporting countries

Amany A. El Anshasy, Michael D. Bradley

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Abstract

This paper empirically investigates the role that oil prices play in determining fiscal policy in oil-exporting countries. We derive and estimate a fiscal policy equation that links government spending not only to oil price shocks, but also to oil price volatility and the skewness of oil price changes. We find that in the long run, higher oil prices induce larger government size. In the short run, however, government expenditures rise less than proportionately to the increase in oil revenues, reflecting increasing prudence in fiscal policy in oil producing countries. This result is robust to using a variety of specifications of the oil price shock, and to using different sample periods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)605-620
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Policy Modeling
Volume34
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2012

Keywords

  • Fiscal policy
  • GMM
  • Oil prices
  • PMG

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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